GROUP AND REGION-FOCUSED TRAINING

GENERAL INFORMATION

Promotion of Energy Conservation in Commercial and Residential Sector(B)

課題別研修「民生部門の省エネ推進(B)」

JFY 2014NO. J14-04143 / ID.1480163

Course Period in Japan: From February 1, 2015 to March 20, 2015

This information pertains to one of the Group and Region-Focused Training of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which shall be implemented as part of the Official Development Assistance of the Government of Japan based on bilateral agreement between both Governments.

I. Concept Background

Energy consumption of commercial and residential sector tends to increase globally in both of business and home. In developing countries of Asia, Central and South America, Oceania, Africa as well, economic development has led to a rapidly-increasing demand for energy especially. In order to aim to reduce of energy consumption; Energy efficiency of buildings, Improvement of energy consumption efficiency, Promotion of effective energy utilization and Formulation of energy conservation measures should be planned in commercial and residential sector.

Since the oil shocks in the 1970s, Japan has spent a long period of time to improve of energy-saving technology whenever it face large issues such as earthquake, global warming. Energy conservation measures have been also reviewed. Based on those Japan’s experiences, program participants will receive up-to-date information and technology of building management system, air conditioning and eco-house so on. This is a comprehensive training program focused on energy conservation policy and residential and commercial facilities for energy saving.

We hope that the promotion of energy saving measures in developing countries through the transfer of the Japan’s technology introduced in this training program will help to improve people’s lives by production of surplus energy and efficient use of energy.

For what?

This program is designed to enhance participants’ capacity in energy conservation technology and the measures especially in building and housing in order to execute energy conservation activities.

For whom? This program is offered to technical officials in charge of energy conservation in governmental involved in policy in promotion of energy conservation in commercial and residential sector. How?

This program consists of lectures, practices and site visits covering Japan’s energy saving policies, energy saving technologies in each commercial and residential sector. Participants will also learn energy saving of air conditioning, smart grid and the measures for commercial and residential sector, so that they could acquire necessary technology for efficiency promotion by combination of energy conservation technology and energy conservation policy. We have various networks with companies in Kitakyushu which have plenty of experience in energy conservation activities.

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II. Description 1. Title (J-No.): Promotion of Energy Conservation in Commercial and

Residential Sector (B) (J14-04143) 2. Course Period in JAPAN

February 1 to March 20, 2015 3. Target Regions or Countries

Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Fiji, Indonesia, Marshall, Philippines, Samoa, and Zambia

4. Eligible/Target Organization

This program is mainly designed for technical officials in charge of energy conservation.

5. Course Capacity (Upper limit of Participants) 10 participants

6. Language to be used in this program: English 7. Course Objective Practical action plan on energy conservation in commercial and residential sector,

building and commercial facilities, is established or revised, and the energy-saving is improved effectively in the participants’ countries.

8. Overall Goal

Activities of energy conservation in commercial and residential sector, building and commercial facilities are promoted.

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9. Expected Module Output and Contents This program consists of the following components. Details on each component are given below:

Expected Module Output Subjects/Agendas Methodology

To understand energy conservation policy of Japan in its entirety and building / residential, and to gain ideas to formulate or suggest for energy conservation policy or activities in participants’ countries.

Energy conservation policy of Japan LECTURE: Japan's policy and administration on new energy, Japan’s energy conservation law system, History of administration and promotion of energy saving in Japan, Administration of Energy Saving for Buildings in local government, Energy conservation measures for SMEs, Outline of photovoltaic generation, Building regulations in the energy conservation law, Energy conservation measures in commercial and Residential sector SITE VISIT: Incineration facility, Eco-town

Lecture Field Study

To acquire energy conservation technologies for building and housing and to be able to use practically for formulate of policymaking and energy conservation activities

Energy-saving technology of residential building and commercial facilities LECTURE: Fundamentals of energy conservation technology, Energy management standards and energy diagnosis, Introduction of Inverter, Outline of air conditioner, Energy conservation for air conditioner, Outline of waste heat utilization and heat pump , Energy saving for lighting/ fluid machinery/ Building SITE VISIT: Cases of Energy saving in building and supermarket, Visualized management of energy, Eco-house, ESCO, PRACTICE: Energy Auditing in building

Lecture Practice Field Study Experience

Realistic Action plan (interim report) for problem solving by applying training result is presented

Formulation of Action plan a. Issue analysis workshop for planning b. Action Plan guidance c. Presentation of Action Plan

Work shop Consultation Presentation

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III. Conditions and Procedures for Application 1. Expectations for the Participating Organizations:

(1) This program is designed primarily for organizations that intend to address specific issues or problems identified in their operation. Participating organizations are expected to use the project for those specific purposes.

(2) This program is enriched with contents and facilitation schemes specially developed in collaboration with relevant prominent organizations in Japan. These special features enable the project to meet specific requirements of applying organizations and effectively facilitate them toward solutions for the issues and problems.

2. Nominee Qualifications:

Applying Organizations are expected to select nominees who meet the following qualifications. (1) Essential Qualifications

1) Current Duties: be officials involved in national or local government energy conservation with over 5 years experiences.

2) Educational Background: be university graduate, majored in engineering, or equivalent.

3) Language: have a competent command of spoken and written English （This program includes active participation in discussions and action plan development, thus requires high competence of English ability. Please attach an official certificate for English ability)

4) Health: must be in good health, both physically and mentally, to participate in the Program in Japan

5) Others: must not be serving any form of military service

3. Required Documents for Application: (1) Application Form：The Application Form is available at the JICA office (or the

Embassy of Japan). *Pregnancy Pregnant participants are strictly requested to attach the following documents in order to minimize the risk for their health. ① letter of the participant’s consent to bear economic and physical risks ② letter of consent from the participant’s supervisor ③ doctor’s letter with permission of her training participation.

Please ask JICA Staff for the details.

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(2) Photocopy of passport: to be submitted with the application form, if you possess your passport which you will carry when entering Japan for this program. If not, you are requested to submit its photocopy as soon as you obtain it. *Photocopy should include the followings: Name, Date of birth, Nationality, Sex, Passport number and Expire date.

(3) Nominee’s English Score Sheet: to be submitted with the application form. If you have any official documentation of English ability. (e.g., TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS)

(4) Job Report and Issue Analysis Sheet (IAS): To be submitted with the application form. Job Report and IAS are necessary documents for screening of applicants and each applicant is required to submit his/her Job Report and IAS together with Application Form. The documents should be completed in accordance with descriptions of Annex-1(Job Report), Annex-3(IAS). Each applicant should submit his/her IAS with approval of superior. The IAS without approval of applicant’s superior is not accepted.

4. Procedure for Application and Selection：

(1) Submitting the Application Documents: Closing date for applications: Please inquire to the JICA office (or the Embassy of Japan). After receiving applications, the JICA office (or the Embassy of Japan) will send them to the JICA Center in JAPAN by December 26, 2014.

(2) Selection:

After receiving the documents through proper channels from your government, the JICA office (or the embassy of Japan) will conduct screenings, and then forward the documents to the JICA Center in Japan. Selection will be made by the JICA Center in consultation with concerned organizations in Japan. The applying organization with the best intention to utilize the opportunity of this program will be highly valued in the selection.

(3) Notice of Acceptance: Notification of results will be made by the JICA office (or the Embassy of Japan) not later than January 07, 2015.

5. Conditions for Attendance: (1) to strictly adhere to the program schedule. (2) not to change the program topics. (3) not to extend the period of stay in Japan.

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(4) not to be accompanied by family members during the program. (5) to return to home countries at the end of the program in accordance with the

travel schedule designated by JICA. (6) to refrain from engaging in any political activities, or any form of employment

for profit or gain. (7) to observe Japanese laws and ordinances. If there is any violation of said

laws and ordinances, participants may be required to return part or all of the training expenditure depending on the severity of said violation.

(8) to observe the rules and regulations of the accommodation and not to change the accommodation designated by JICA.

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IV. Administrative Arrangements 1. Organizer:

(1) Name：JICA KYUSHU (Training Program Division) (2) Person in charge：kicttp@jica.go.jp

2. Implementing Partner:

(1) Name：Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative Association (KITA) (2) Course Leader：Mr. Kenji Kawaguchi (3) URL：http://www.kita.or.jp/english/e_index.html

3. Travel to Japan:

(1) Air Ticket：The cost of a round-trip ticket between an international airport designated by JICA and Japan will be borne by JICA.

(2) Travel Insurance：Coverage is from time of arrival up to departure in Japan. Thus traveling time outside Japan will not be covered.

4. Accommodation in Japan: JICA will arrange the following accommodations for the participants in Japan:

JICA Kyushu International Center (JICA KYUSHU) Address: 2-2-1 Hirano, Yahata Higashi-ku, Kitakyushu City,

Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan 805-8505 TEL: 81-93-671-6311 FAX: 81-93-671-0979 (where “81” is the country code for Japan, and “93” is the local area code) URL: http://www.jica.go.jp/kyushu/index.html

If there is no vacancy at JICA KYUSHU, JICA will arrange alternative accommodations for the participants.

5. Expenses: The following expenses will be provided for the participants by JICA: (1) Allowances for accommodation, meals, living expenses, outfit, and shipping (2) Expenses for study tours (basically in the form of train tickets.) (3) Free medical care for participants who become ill after arriving in Japan

(costs related to pre-existing illness, pregnancy, or dental treatment are not included)

(4) Expenses for program implementation, including materials For more details, please see “III. ALLOWANCES” of the brochure for participants titled “KENSHU-IN GUIDE BOOK,” which will be given before departure for Japan.

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6. Pre-departure Orientation: A pre-departure orientation will be held at the respective country’s JICA office (or Japanese Embassy), to provide participants with details on travel to Japan, conditions of the workshop, and other matters.

V. Other Information 1. Reports and Presentation:

(1) Job Report & Issue Analysis Sheet (IAS) Each applicant is required to submit his/her own Job Report & Issue Analysis Sheet following the instruction. Participants will have a presentation of his/her Job Report up to 10 minutes at the earlier stage of the training in order to share knowledge and background with other participants as well as instructors. Visual materials such as Power Point and pictures may be helpful for your presentation if you bring them with you.

(2) Action Plan Participants are required to make an Action Plan at the end of the training in Japan to express your idea and plan which you carry out after your return, reflecting the knowledge and method you acquire from the training. Each person will have 10 minutes for presentation.

2. Remarks: JICA training is implemented for the purpose of development of human resources who will promote the advancement of the countries, but not for the enrichment of individuals or private companies. Matters of a trade secret and patent techniques will remain confidential and inaccessible during the training.

Ⅵ. Annex: 1. Job Report (Annex-1) 2. List of Subject (Annex-2) 3. Issue Analysis Sheet (Annex-3) 4. Tentative Schedule (Annex-4)

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Annex-1

Job Report Name: Country: Organization and present post: E-mail: Remarks 1: The Report should be typewritten in English (12-point font, A4 size paper),

and total pages of the report should be limited to 4 pages (not including organization chart).

Remarks 2: Each participant is required to have presentation in 10 minutes based on this Job Report and IAS at the early stage of the training for the purpose of making the training more effective and fruitful by comprehending the situations and problems of the participants each other.

Remarks3: Please itemize your answer and make them specific. 1. Energy Situation in your country (up to 1 page)

・ Primary energy supply mix (circle graph) ・ Self sufficient rate of energy supply ・ Final energy consumption mix (circle graph) ・ Electric power supply mix (circle graph) ・ Electrification cover rate ・ Enactment & enforcement situation of energy conservation law &/or regulation

2. Organization and main tasks (up to 1 page)

(1) Main tasks of the organization

(2) Organization chart: Please draw a chart of your organization including the department (section) names with the number of staffs in it and mark where you are positioned. (The chart should be attached and not be counted in this page limit.) Please describe a duty of each department (section) briefly.

(3) Brief description of your assignments.

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Annex-1

(4) Explain the relation of your assignments and "promotion of energy conservation in commercial and residential sector"

(5) Problems in your job

3. Expectations for the training course (up to 2 page)

(1) Your purpose of participating in the course (2) Subjects of the course which you are interested in the most (3) How do you expect to apply skills and knowledge for your problem solving

according to listed items in curriculum (in section Ⅱ, page 5) after you return to your home country?

(4) Other matters which you are expecting to obtain from the course

(5) Have you ever learned the following subjects in your work? We want to know

your work experience. Please check either “Yes” or “No”.

If your answer "Yes", please fill in "Years" column as to the length of your application on the respective items.

Yes No Years 1) Energy administration

2) Energy Conservation in Commercial & Residential Sector

3) Energy Management

4) Air Conditioning System

5)Lighting equipment

6) Fun, blower or pump

7) Inverter system

8) Renewable Energy

9) Other

Under “9） Other”, please specify subject associated with energy saving technique,

not covered by any of the items “1” to “8”

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Annex-2 List of Subjects

Promotion of Energy Conservation in Commercial and Residential Sector (A) in 2014

Expected Module Output Subject Lecturers

(Company)

Method

No Title

I To understand energy conservation policy of

Japan in its entirety and

building / residential,

and to gain ideas to

formulate or suggest for

energy conservation

policy or activities in

participants’ countries.

1 Issues of Energy resources KITA L 2 Japan's policy and administration on new energy /

Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry L

3 Japan’s energy conservation law system 1・2 / Eco Check network Japan

L

4 History of administration and promotion of energy saving in Japan

KITA L

5 Administration of Energy Saving for Buildings in local government

KITA L

6 Eco model city / Global warming countermeasures & Energy saving

Kitakyushu city

L

7 Energy conservation measures for small and medium-sized companies

KITA L

8 Outline of photovoltaic generation KITA L

9 Site visit (Mechanism of waste and human excrement recycling in rural area)

Oki town F

10 Visit to Eco-town(Recycling industrial park) Kitakyushu F

11 Building regulations in the energy conservation law

CE Engineering

L

12 Energy conservation measures in commercial and Residential sector

KITA L

13 Visit to Incineration facility /Kitakyushu Kitakyushu F

II To acquire energy conservation

technologies for

building and housing

and to be able to use

practically for formulate

of policymaking and

energy conservation

activities

14 Fundamentals of energy conservation technology 1・2

ex-NYE L

15 Energy management standards and energy diagnosis 1・2 Eco Check network Japan

L

16 Introduction of Inverter KITA L 17 Outline of air conditioner CE

Engineering L

18 Energy conservation for air conditioner CE Engineering

L

19 Outline of waste heat utilization and heat pump

KITA L

20 Energy saving for lighting

Panasonic Kyoto

L

21 Energy saving of fluid machinery Eco Check network Japan

L

22 Energy saving of Building / TOYO Building Maintenance L

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Annex-2 List of Subjects

23 Practice of energy saving of blower & pump Nippon Steel & Sumikin Management Co.,Ltd

P

24 Practice of energy saving of building 1・2

25 Site visit ( Supermarket with energy saving measures）

Lala Cope Nagasaki

F

26 Site visit (Introduction of ESCO business ) Azbil Corporation

F

27 Site visit (Energy saving for building) F

28 Visit to Zero emissions building/ Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd.

F

29 Visit to All electrification house with photovoltaic generation/ Kawaguchi's house

KITA F

30 Site visit (District heating & cooling supply service company) Fukuoka energy service

F

31 Site visit (Robot manufacturing plant) Yaskawa electric work

F

III Realistic Action plan (interim report) for

problem solving by

applying training result

is presented

32 Methodology of energy conservation planning 1・2

KITA L

33 Instruction in preparing Action Plan KITA P

34 Recognition of issues 1・2 KITA P

35 Review (Energy Conservation Law and Gov.) (Energy conservation technology)

KITA L/P

36 Policy proposal & action plan presentation and discussion

KITA P

*L: lecture, P: practice, F: field visit

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Annex-3

Issue Analysis Sheet (IAS) Guidelines

1. What is IAS?(1) IAS is a tool to logically organize relationships between issues and contents of the

training program in Japan.

(2) IAS will help the nominee to clarify his/her challenges to be covered in each expected

module output and to formulate solutions to them.

(3) The sheet is to be utilized as a logical process control sheet to draw up improvement

plans for the issues by filling out the sheet in phases from prior to the nominee's arrival

through to the end of the training.

(4) In addition, it is used for the course leader and lecturers to understand the issues that

each participant is confronting, and provide him/her with technical advice, useful

references and solutions through the training program in Japan.

2. How to fill out IAS?(1) Please describe the issues you (your organization) confronts in column "A: Issues that

you (your organization) confront(s) " ★ Prepare the separate rows for each problem; if necessary, please add new rows.

(2) In column “B: Actions that you (your organization) are (is) taking”, please describe

actions that you (your organization) are taking to solve the issues shown in “Colum A”

This information is very important to carry out the training course and also to make

Action Plan as a fruit of the training.

(3) In order to solve issues, you (your organization) need various types of information, so

you hope to participate in this training course.

The main purpose of this training course is to provide the information you need. The

contents of this course is shown in Ⅱ-9 (Expected Module Outputs and Contents).

Referring to the "List of Subjects" (Annex-II), please extract subjects from which

you expect to get useful information you need, and write their Subject No. in

column "C:Subjects No”

★ You can input as many subjects as you think the subjects are related.

★ You do not need to input "Subject Titles" into the chart, but only "Subject No."

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Name:No 【B】　Actions that you (your organization) are (is) taking. 【C】 Subject No.*)

１

２

３

【A】 Issues that you (your organization) confront(s).

Annex-3 Issue Analysis Sheet (IAS)

【C】 Please write the Subject No.*) you most expect to get the information you need. *) Please refer the Number of Subject/Agenda shown in the tables of the Annex-2.

Annex-4

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Unit Unit

Feb.1 Sun

Feb.2 Mon

Feb.3 Tue

Feb.4 Wed 3

Feb.5 Thu 3

Feb.6 Fri 1 3

Feb.7 Sat

Feb.8 Sun

Feb.9 Mon 1 3

Feb.10 Tue 2 3

Feb.11 Wed

Feb.12 Thu 1 1

Feb.13 Fri 2 1

Feb.14 Sat

Feb.15 Sun

Feb.16 Mon 3

Feb.17 Tue 1 1

Feb.18 Wed 2 2

Feb.19 Thu 2 2

Feb.20 Fri 2 3

Feb.21 Sat

Feb.22 Sun

Feb.23 Mon 2

Feb.24 Tue 2

Feb.25 Wed 2

Feb.26 Thu 2

Feb.27 Fri 1

Feb.28 Sat

Mar.1 Sun

Mar.2 Mon 2

Mar.3 Tue 2

Mar.4 Wed 1

Mar.5 Thu 2 1

Mar.6 Fri 1 2

Mar.7 Sat

Mar.8 Sun

Mar.9 Mon 1 2

Mar.10 Tue 1 3

Mar.11 Wed 3 3

Mar.12 Thu 2

Mar.13 Fri

Japan's policy and administration on new energy /Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

(Holiday）

(Holiday）

Site visit (Mechanism of waste and human excrement recycling inrural area) / Oki town

Site visit (District heating & cooling supply service company)/Fukuoka energy service

Outline of waste heat utilization and heat pump / KITA Visit to Incineration facility / Kitakyushu

Visit to Eco-town(Recycling industrial park) Recognition of issues 2 / KITA

Exchange Program / JICACourse Orientation

Instruction in preparing Action Plan / KITA

Methodology of energy conservation planning 1/ KITA

Japan’s energy conservation law system 1 /Eco Check network Japan

Methodology of energy conservation planning 2 / KITA

Practice of energy saving of blower & pump / Nippon Steel & Sumikin Management Co.,Ltd

Kashima → Tokyo Site visit (Introduction of ESCO business ) / Azbil Corporation

Site visit (Energy saving for building) / Azbil Corporation

Practice of energy saving of building / Nippon Steel & Sumikin Management Co.,Ltd

Energy saving for lighting /Panasonic Kyoto

Energy saving for lighting /Panasonic Kyoto

Kitakyushu → Kyoto

Nagasaki 　→　Kitakyushu

Outline of photovoltaic generation　[KITA/植山]Visit to Zero emissions building/

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd.

Review (Energy Conservation Law and Gov.) / KITA Recognition of issues 3 / KITA

Kitakyushu 　→　NagasakiSite visit ( Supermarket with energy saving measures）

Lala Cope, Nagasaki

Administration of Energy Saving for Buildings in local government /KITA

(Holiday）

Tokyo → Kyoto

(Holiday）

Energy diagnosis /Eco Check network Japan

　　Energy saving of Building　/　TOYO Building Maintenance

(Holiday）

Energy saving of fluid machinery　/ Eco Check network Japan Job Report Presentation / KITA

Kitakyushu → Kashima

Energy management standard /Eco Check network Japan

Introduction of Inverter / KITA

Outline of air conditioner / CE Engineering Job Report Hearing - 2 / KITA

Energy conservation measures in commercial and Residentialsector　/ KITA

Eco model city / Global warming countermeasures & Energy saving/ Kitakyushu city

Energy conservation for air conditioner/ CE EngineeringBuilding regulations in the energy conservation law /

CE Engineering

(Holiday）

(Holiday）

Recognition of issues 1 / KITA

History of administration and promotion of energy saving in Japan /KITA

Energy conservation measures for small and medium-sizedcompanies / KITA

(Holiday）

(Holiday）

(Holiday）

Japan’s energy conservation law system 2 /Eco Check network Japan

Job Report Hearing - 1 / KITA

Breifing Session / JICA

General Orientation / JICA

Arrival at Japan

Tentative Schedule for Promotion of Energy Conservation in Commercial and Residential Sector (B) in 2014

Morning Session ( 9:30-12:30) Afternoon Session (13:30-16:30)

Annex-4

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Mar.14 Sat

Mar.15 Sun

Mar.16 Mon 2

Mar.17 Tue 1 2

Mar.18 Wed 2 3

Mar.19 Thu 3

Mar.20 Fri 3

Mar.21 Sat

Fundamentals of energy conservation technology 　/ Kyushu Institute of Technology

Issues of Energy resources / KITAVisit to All electrification house with photovoltaic generation/

Mr. Kawaguchi's house

(Holiday）

(Holiday）

Site visit (Robot manufacturing plant)　/ Yaskawa electric work Review (Energy conservation technology) / KITA

Depature from Japan

Evaluation Meeting / JICAPolicy proposal & action plan presentation / KITA

Closing Ceremony (Main Conference Room) / JICA

Discussion of Action plan

For your Reference JICA and Capacity Development

The key concept underpinning JICA operations since its establishment in 1974 has been the conviction that “capacity development” is central to the socioeconomic development of any country, regardless of the specific operational scheme one may be undertaking, i.e. expert assignments, development projects, development study projects, training programs, JOCV programs, etc.

Within this wide range of programs, Training Programs have long occupied an important place in JICA operations. Conducted in Japan, they provide partner countries with opportunities to acquire practical knowledge accumulated in Japanese society. Participants dispatched by partner countries might find useful knowledge and re-create their own knowledge for enhancement of their own capacity or that of the organization and society to which they belong.

About 460 pre-organized programs cover a wide range of professional fields, ranging from education, health, infrastructure, energy, trade and finance, to agriculture, rural development, gender mainstreaming, and environmental protection. A variety of programs and are being customized to address the specific needs of different target organizations, such as policy-making organizations, service provision organizations, as well as research and academic institutions. Some programs are organized to target a certain group of countries with similar developmental challenges. Japanese Development Experience

Japan was the first non-Western country to successfully modernize its society and industrialize its economy. At the core of this process, which started more than 140 years ago, was the “adopt and adapt” concept by which a wide range of appropriate skills and knowledge have been imported from developed countries; these skills and knowledge have been adapted and/or improved using local skills, knowledge and initiatives. They finally became internalized in Japanese society to suit its local needs and conditions.

From engineering technology to production management methods, most of the know-how that has enabled Japan to become what it is today has emanated from this “adoption and adaptation” process, which, of course, has been accompanied by countless failures and errors behind the success stories. We presume that such experiences, both successful and unsuccessful, will be useful to our partners who are trying to address the challenges currently faced by developing countries.

However, it is rather challenging to share with our partners this whole body of Japan’s developmental experience. This difficulty has to do, in part, with the challenge of explaining a body of “tacit knowledge,” a type of knowledge that cannot fully be expressed in words or numbers. Adding to this difficulty are the social and cultural systems of Japan that vastly differ from those of other Western industrialized countries, and hence still remain unfamiliar to many partner countries. Simply stated, coming to Japan might be one way of overcoming such a cultural gap. JICA, therefore, would like to invite as many leaders of partner countries as possible to come and visit us, to mingle with the Japanese people, and witness the advantages as well as the disadvantages of Japanese systems, so that integration of their findings might help them reach their developmental objectives.

CORRESPONDENCE

For enquiries and further information, please contact the JICA office or the Embassy of Japan.

Further, address correspondence to:

JICA Kyushu International Center (JICA KYUSHU)

Address: 2-2-1 Hirano, Yahata-Higashiku, Kitakyushu-shi,

Fukuoka, 805-8505, Japan

TEL: +81-(0)93-671-6311 FAX: +81-(0)93-671-0979 URL: http://www.jica.go.jp/kyushu/index.html